K2 was born in 1962 as America’s ski company on Vashon Island in Washington State’s Puget Sound. Renamed in 2003 as K2 Sports, the company today is an international portfolio of world renowned brands recognized as leaders in design, production, sales and marketing. Driven by innovation and a passion for the sports enthusiast looking for unique and authentic lifestyle experiences, we market snowboards, snowshoes, in-line skates, alpine, telemark and Nordic ski equipment, apparel and accessories. K2 Sports is what happens when fun meets science and technology.
SkiStar AB (publ) is listed on the Mid Cap list of the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. The Group owns and operates alpine ski resorts in Sälen, Vemdalen, Åre and Hammarbybacken (Stockholm) in Sweden and Hemsedal and Trysil in Norway.
Operations are divided into three segments: Operation of Ski Resorts, Property Development & Exploitation and Operation of Hotels.
As the leading holiday tour operator for Scandinavia, SkiStar’s business concept is to create memorable mountain experiences, develop sustainable destinations, offer accommodation, activities, products and services of the highest quality with our guests in focus.
Skiset is a ski and snowboard rental store chain with more than 850 ski stores in Europe (Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland) and North America (Canada and the United States): . Skiset was founded in 1994 by a group of former world champion skiers and independent ski rental store owners including Annie Famose, Patrick Lepeudry and Léo Lacroix. During the 2016/2017 winter season Skiset served over 2.5 million customers with a turnover of €420 million.